Railway-tie.



W. H. MORRIS.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED APBHZE 1910.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

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WILLIAM H. MORRIS, 0F COPLEY, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed April 25, 1910. Serial No. 557,500.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Copley, in the county of Summit, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties and has for its object to provide a durable, inexpensive and strong tie that will em ploy novel means for securing the rail to the ties body, this means permitting of the rails expanding longitudinally without injury to the tie or fastening means.

A further object is to provide -a railway 7 tie in the form of a trough so that the tie may be filled with earth and thereby more securely anchored in the road bed, the sides of the trough being peculiarly constructed as will hereinafter be described, to resist abnormal strains.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention and showing a pair of trafiic rails mounted thereupon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tie. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the keepers. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modification of the railway tie. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 7 7 Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that the railway tie resembles somewhat an ordinary open end trough in outline and comprises a bottom plate 10, from the longitudinal edges of which rise a pair of side walls 11 and 12. The side walls are tapered from their roots to their free edges and are preferably arranged vertical as shown. This tie is designed to be filled with in winter time in the cold regions and further withstand very heavy traffic conditions. For mounting the traffic rails 13 upon the sides of the tie, I provide in the top edges of the sides oblong recesses. The recesses 14: are arranged adjacent the ends of the sides and are suflicient in size to snugly receive the base flanges of the rails. The rails in being mounted upon the tie are simply dropped vertically into these recesses and are secured therein by means of novel keepers designated in general by the numeral 15.

The keepers 15 are each formed from a single length of material, preferably wrought iron, the keeper bein formed with a substantially straight bo y portion 16, the opposite ends of this body portion being bent upwardly to form a substantially U shaped keeper, one extremity of the keeper then being bent laterally in a substantially straight portion 18 which extends obliquely to the body portion 16 of the keeper and is designed to be engaged over the base flange of the rail. The opposite extremity of the keeper terminates in a hook 19, this hook being designed to be engaged over the top edge of the adjacent side of the tie. Formed transversely in the body portion 16 of the keeper is a circular opening 20 through which and the side of the tie a bolt, rivet or similar fastener 21 is engaged.

It is clear that when the keeper above described is in position upon the tie that it will be impossible for the rail to be displaced vertically as even should the bolt 21 rotate in its opening, the hooked portion 19 of the keeper will prevent an upward movement of the rail base flange. These keepers 15 are preferably arranged upon the inner faces of the sides 11 and 12. It is evident that when these keepers are in this position the rails may expand longitudinally and also retract longitudinally without either injury to the tie or to the keepers 15. For further reinforcing the sides 11 and 12, I provide a pair of braces 23, these braces being engaged transversely through the sides and their extremities provided with rivet heads 24 which engage the outer faces of the sides and prevent the withdrawal of the bolts.

In order to provide a cheaper form of this railway tie, I have designed a modification of the tie, as shown in Fig. 6. In this case, the base plate 25 of the tie is provided with a single side or leg, as it will now be termed, 26. This leg 26 is located centrally upon the base plate and is extended approximately perpendicular as shown. The leg tapers from its root to its free edge and is provided upon its top edge with spaced oblong recesses 27 which are suflicient in size to receive the base flanges of the rails. The bases 28 of these recesses are considerably thickened to provide broad bearing surfaces for the bottom faces of the rail base flanges. The sides of these thickened portions of the recess faces incline downwardly and merge with the leg 26 remote from its juncture with the base plate as shown at 29.

For securing the rail against vertical movement upon this railway tie, the above described keepers 15 are used. The keepers in this instance are designated in general by the numeral 30 and are rigidly secured to the leg of the tie by means of bolts 31 extending through the keepers and the leg of the tie adjacent the thickened portions of the recess. The free ends of the keepers are engaged over the base flanges of the rails and top edge of the leg of the tie as above described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and operation of my invention will be easily understood without a more extended explanation.

What is claimed is 1. The herein-described railway tie, consisting of a base plate from the longitudinal edges of which rise side walls, these side walls being tapered from their roots to their free edges and being provided in their top edges with alined rail base flange receiving recesses, and angular keepers secured to the side walls and each having one leg extending over the rail base flange and the opposite leg terminating in a hook which engages the top edge of the adjacent side wall.

2. A railway tie consisting of a base, a pair of vertical side walls rising from the longitudinal edges of the base, said side walls tapering in thickness, and having alined rail base flange receiving recesses in their top edges, and angular keepers secured to the side walls of the tie, each consisting of a straight body portion, having opposite terminals extending upwardly, one of the terminals engaging the base flange and preventing the vertical movement thereof, and the opposite terminal terminating in a hook which engages the top edge of said side wall, and a securing bolt passed transversely through the keeper and said side wall. I

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. MORRIS. Vitnesses:

W. K. GREENBANK, A. M. CHRISMAN. 

